A comparison of C/B ratios from studies using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 885-892

  Cantor, Scott B ^a   Sun, Charlotte C ^a   Tortolero Luna, Guillermo ^a   Richards Kortum, Rebecca ^b   Follen, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Decision support techniques; Laboratory diagnosis; ROC curve; Routine diagnostic tests; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICS;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; META-ANALYSIS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033198348     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00075-X     Document Type: Article

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